Re: [PATCH 2/2] fs/partition/msdos: Fix unusable extended partitionfor > 512B sector

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/11/2010 02:06 PM, Daniel Taylor wrote:
> BIOS failures prior to loading the kernel are not Linux'
> responsibility.  Confused BIOS will still fail, even if the
> patch is not implemented,  so how does that effect the
> acceptance of a patch that fixes post-boot behavior?

I didn't say it does.

> > I would consider this a bugfix.  As such, it should be pushed outside
> > the merge window.

Just in case I wasn't clear enough -- this patch is a bugfix and should 
be pushed upstream as long as it is technically ready.

	-hpa
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